‘Sound of Freedom’ hero slams Biden border insurance policies for ‘incentivizing traffickers’

A former US agent whose story was depicted within the harrowing thriller “Sound of Freedom” blasted President Biden’s border insurance policies for “incentivizing traffickers.”

Tim Ballard, who began anti-sex trafficking group Operation Underground Railroad some 10 years in the past, argued the border scenario is bleak.

“The border insurance policies that we’ve on this nation are literally incentivizing traffickers,” Ballard told Fox Information. “When you’re an unaccompanied minor coming into this nation and also you’re launched to anybody, that is very harmful.”

“Sound of Freedom” tells the story of Ballard’s effort to save lots of youngsters from intercourse traffickers in Columbia. and he attended a non-public screening on Capitol Hill final Tuesday hosted by Home Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.).

McCarthy hailed the movie and voiced optimism it might encourage Congress to higher crack down on human trafficking.

“Human trafficking shouldn’t be a partisan situation, we have to save our kids,” McCarthy told Fox Information. “And this movie, I hope, would encourage each folks on either side of the aisle to comprehend what must get carried out to unravel this drawback.”

Lawmakers from each events have been invited to the screening, however no Democrat within the decrease chamber took up that provide.

Based on McCarthy, one of many first steps to higher curtail human trafficking is extra strong border safety.

“The very first thing you actually need to do is safe the border as a result of proper now many youngsters are being trafficked into America as a result of they imagine the border to be open,” McCarthy mentioned.

“Sound of Freedom” has gotten some criticism for serving to gas conspiracy theorists — like followers of QAnon — one thing Ballard stressed has “zero connection to the precise story.”

To date, the flick has amassed over $140 million domestically, according to Field Workplace Mojo. It was launched in early July.

Between 600,000 and 800,000 people are believed to be trafficked via worldwide borders yearly, roughly half of whom are youngsters, the State Department estimates.

However gauging the prevalence of human trafficking is troublesome given its black market nature.

A number of Republicans have excoriated the Biden administration over reports it lost track of 85,000 migrant children over the previous two years.

In Could, the GOP-led Home handed a invoice to ratchet up border safety measures; the Senate has but to carry a vote on it.

“I want the Senate would take it up,” McCarthy mentioned.